It cost the shareholders $472 million. The men and women mismanaging Knight Capital drew their paychecks and benefits as before and didn't lose a dime in remuneration.

The only lesson learned here was that no lesson was learned.

The summary mentions "God" or "Godlike" about three or four times. I think most people have figured out the "twist" in this particular quantum press release -- I mean experiment.

There are decent external drive enclosures with good power and heat management and excellent access to hot swap drives as required. For example, check out Synology.

Investigate an Air Stash for unlimited storage on your iPad. My husband has one and they rock.

The world was better in the 90's. It was better than this. I'm pretty sure it's not just the nostalgia talking anymore. At least then a plane trip was something to look forward to.

Christ even the internet is going backwards nowadays. I'm pretty sure that peaked in 2006/7. After that it's all apps, iDinks, and walled gardens. At least you could set up a secure email service in 2007.

And I'm pretty sure this isn't just me getting old. I'm pretty sure.

Nor merited. The guy made a single video game, that's his life's accomplishment. What else really needs to be said?

What the game was. How he made it. How he sold it. How he continued developing it. How this method brought about a worldwide phenomenon.

Now a book on John Carmack, Warren Spector, Will Wright, Sid Meyer, Peter Molyneux, Cliff Bleszinski or even John Romero might actually be interesting and warranted.

To the niche audience of geeks and gamers who likes that type of game. Persson on the other hand made a game which is played by millions of eight to eighty year olds, and is still a big seller almost four years after its initial release. With Minecraft, we are clearly dealing with a significantly different gaming beast.

You are not going to have much advanced IT business left over there soon if this goes on.

I think we are witnessing the (not very) slow disintegration of the principals and reality of the American Internet. Whether the internet itself will survive this is another matter.